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COIN
Unique ID: FAKL-6C3897
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Silver halfgroat of Henry VIII, worn, clipped and encrusted. Most detail lost
Class: Halfgroat of Henry VIII
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1509
Date to: Exactly AD 1547
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.68 g
Diameter: 18 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: A377
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Halfgroat (silver)
Ruler/issuer: Henry VIII of England
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Halfgroat: Henry VIII, not further defined (N 1763 - 1772, 1800 - 1807, 1849 - 1853)
Obverse description: Enthroned king?
Obverse inscription: H [ ]EX
Reverse description: Royal arms on a long cross
Reverse inscription: ?
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: York (Unitary Authority)
District: York (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Fulford
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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